Tobacco-pipe.



T.. W. SALUSBURY.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1909.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

THOMAS WALTERS SALUSBURY, 0F DENBIGH, ENGLAND.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1909.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 499,842.

fb all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS WALTERS SALUSBURY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Denbigh, Wales, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes and the Like, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes and the like and has for its object to provide means for absorbing or entrapping moisture and nicotin from the smoke on its passage through thepipe and for thoroughly purifying the smoke from any other impurities so as to make its effect less harmful to the nerves of the smoker.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which*- Figure 1. is a longitudinal medial section of a pipe constructed in accordance with this invention the shank bore being fitted with a series of approximately cube shaped wooden absorbent pieces. Figs. 2. and 3. are cross sections on the lines A-A, B-B respectively of Fig. l. looking in the direction of the arrows. Figs. 4.. and 5. are analogous views to Fig. 1., Fig. 4. showing the pipe fitted with a tubular plug containing shavings or granules for absorbing the nicotin. Fig. 5. shows a modification of the previous type in which the tubular plug is dispensed with, Y Fig. 6. is a fragmentary View analogous to Fig. 5. but showing the pipe fitted with a series of axially disposed strips of wood instead of shavings. Fig. 7. shows the invention adapted for a cigar or cigarette holder.

According to this invention the shank 1 of the pipe where it abuts on the bowl 2 is formed with an enlarged bore 3 but is actually in communication with the bowl itself through a smaller orifice 4. The inner endshoulders 5 of the bore are preferably curved for the purpose hereinafter mentioned. Into the outermost end of the shank is fixed, say by screwing, an inclosing cap 6 formed with one or more perforations 7 in its outer end and in the upper region thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. This hollow cap which may be of vulcanite projects from the shank so as to form a spigot over which the mouthpiece 8 of the pipe is adapted to fit by screwing or otherwise. The methodV indicated in the drawings is an ordinary spigot ftting. The mouthpiece is formed hollow for a certain portion of its 'tin and other impurities therefrom.

length, the smaller orifice 9 passing through the extreme solid end of the mouthpiece 8 and being dis-posed at its inner end in the A or vformed integral therewith. Disposed` within the bore of the shank and inclosed by the cap 6 are a series of separate cube or the like shaped pieces 11, Fig. l., placed end to end, their abutting ends 11EL having curved faces so that when placed axially in the bore of the. shank only their angular edges 11b bear against the inner cylindrical wall of the shank, and their abutting curved faces prevent them bedding fiatly against each other. In this way the hollow part of the shank is filled with a series of pieceswhich may be of cubical, spherical, or other shape if desired-inclosed in the shank by the screwed cap and adapted to baille the passage of the smoke and absorb the nico- The separate pieces inclosed in the shank 'are preferably made of brier wood but may be of other wood and perforated if desired.

Instead of separate pieces a perforated or tubular plug may be disposed in the shank similarly adapted to absorb the nicotin, as shown at 12 Fig. 4., and made of calabash, meerschaum, brierwood, cherry wood, paper, clay or other material, the bore of the\ tubular plug being filled. with brier wood or other shavings 13, granules, or axially disposed strips 15 adapted to effectually absorb or entrap any nicotin or impurities in the smoke and be readily renewable. The plug whether of tubular form or perforated may be made either separate, as shown, and held in position by an end grip betweenthe spigot cap and the inner shoulders of the shank, as in Fig. 4., or it may be formed as an integral extension of the spigot cap or as a detachable extension thereof projecting into the hollow bore of the shank.

In a modified arrangement illustrated in Fig. 5. where the shank 1 is as before attached to the bowl 2 by a screwed fitting 14, or otherwise, the plug is in this case dispensed with and the bore itself of the shank serves as a receptacle for containing the shavings which may be readily renewed for cleaning purposes by unscrewing the shank 1.

In Fig. 7 the invention is shown as applied to a cigar or cigarette holder. The various parts of the plpe as shown in the ,previous applications are in this instance made of smaller dimensions, and the bowl 2 of the previous forms is made of suitable construction as shown at 2* for receiving cigars or cigarettes.

Claim: l

In a tobacco pipe or the like, in combination: a. bowl portion; a hollow shank detachably secured to the bowl; loose shaving cap perforated only at its u per port1on fitting mto the o'uter end of t e shank,

and a, mouth piece fitting 'over the inclos- 15 in cap.

n testmonywhereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS WALTERS SALUSBURY, Witnesses:

A. J. DAvn-xs; WM. PIERCE.

ings of brier wood in the shank; an inclol 

